Chief meteorologist Paul Gundersen said: “Further heavy and prolonged rain is expected on Thursday across much of eastern Scotland.”

However, temperatures are set to drop this weekend to as low as -10C as showers turn to snow in the north of the country by Friday.

Then, after the weekend, colder and drier conditions will spread southwards and create conditions typical for January.

By the middle of next week, temperatures are predicted to plummet, ranging between 0C and 5C, and there will be a mix of sunshine and showers.

And parts of the UK could see snow next week when an Arctic air mass creates freezing overnight conditions as it sweeps across the country.

The Met Office said: “These showers are increasingly likely to fall as sleet or snow to low levels across the north of the UK.

“There is also a risk of some sleet and snow in the south, although many areas here are likely to be dry with some sunshine for much of the time.”

It is too early to predict exactly where the snow could fall, forecasters added.

Meteorologist Emma Sharples said: “Areas exposed to a northerly wind might perhaps be more exposed to seeing those showers, but until we know what weather features are going to run through that wind coming from the north, it’s a bit difficult to say any more than that.”

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